Public Policy Issues Research Trends

Author : Sophie J. Evans
Publisher : Nova Publishers
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1600218733

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Public Policy Issues Research Trends by Sophie J. Evans Pdf

In any society, governmental entities enact laws, make policies, and allocate resources. This is true at all levels. Public policy can be generally defined as a system of laws, regulatory measures, courses of action, and funding priorities concerning a given topic promulgated by a governmental entity or its representatives. Individuals and groups often attempt to shape public policy through education, advocacy, or mobilisation of interest groups. Shaping public policy is obviously different in Western-style democracies than in other forms of government. But it is reasonable to assume that the process always involves efforts by competing interest groups to influence policy makers in their favour. A major aspect of public policy is law. In a general sense, the law includes specific legislation and more broadly defined provisions of constitutional or international law. There are many ways that the law can influence how survivors of violence against women are treated and the types of services they receive.

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Policy and Global Affairs,Committee on Science, Engineering, Medicine, and Public Policy,Committee on Responsible Science
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2018-01-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309391252

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Fostering Integrity in Research by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Policy and Global Affairs,Committee on Science, Engineering, Medicine, and Public Policy,Committee on Responsible Science Pdf

The integrity of knowledge that emerges from research is based on individual and collective adherence to core values of objectivity, honesty, openness, fairness, accountability, and stewardship. Integrity in science means that the organizations in which research is conducted encourage those involved to exemplify these values in every step of the research process. Understanding the dynamics that support â€" or distort â€" practices that uphold the integrity of research by all participants ensures that the research enterprise advances knowledge. The 1992 report Responsible Science: Ensuring the Integrity of the Research Process evaluated issues related to scientific responsibility and the conduct of research. It provided a valuable service in describing and analyzing a very complicated set of issues, and has served as a crucial basis for thinking about research integrity for more than two decades. However, as experience has accumulated with various forms of research misconduct, detrimental research practices, and other forms of misconduct, as subsequent empirical research has revealed more about the nature of scientific misconduct, and because technological and social changes have altered the environment in which science is conducted, it is clear that the framework established more than two decades ago needs to be updated. Responsible Science served as a valuable benchmark to set the context for this most recent analysis and to help guide the committee's thought process. Fostering Integrity in Research identifies best practices in research and recommends practical options for discouraging and addressing research misconduct and detrimental research practices.

Author : Donald F. Norris
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781599042855

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Current Issues and Trends in E-government Research by Donald F. Norris Pdf

"This book provides a complete synopsis of the latest technologies in information policy, security, privacy, and access, as well as the best practices in e-government applications and measurement, as well as the most current issues in hardware and software technology, adoption, diffusion, planning, management and philosophy"--Provided by publisher.

Author : National Intelligence Council
Publisher : Cosimo Reports
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1646794974

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Global Trends 2040 by National Intelligence Council Pdf

"The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic marks the most significant, singular global disruption since World War II, with health, economic, political, and security implications that will ripple for years to come." -Global Trends 2040 (2021) Global Trends 2040-A More Contested World (2021), released by the US National Intelligence Council, is the latest report in its series of reports starting in 1997 about megatrends and the world's future. This report, strongly influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic, paints a bleak picture of the future and describes a contested, fragmented and turbulent world. It specifically discusses the four main trends that will shape tomorrow's world: - Demographics-by 2040, 1.4 billion people will be added mostly in Africa and South Asia. - Economics-increased government debt and concentrated economic power will escalate problems for the poor and middleclass. - Climate-a hotter world will increase water, food, and health insecurity. - Technology-the emergence of new technologies could both solve and cause problems for human life. Students of trends, policymakers, entrepreneurs, academics, journalists and anyone eager for a glimpse into the next decades, will find this report, with colored graphs, essential reading.

Author : Akkaya, Bülent,Jermsittiparsert, Kittisak,Gunsel, Ayse
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2021-10-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781799884880

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Handbook of Research on Current Trends in Asian Economics, Business, and Administration by Akkaya, Bülent,Jermsittiparsert, Kittisak,Gunsel, Ayse Pdf

Social sciences have always been an important tool that enables human beings to examine and understand society. Through social sciences, researchers gain understandings of social phenomena and changes by providing commentaries, producing explanations, and attempting to synthesize a diversity of information sets to formulate theories. Since the concept of change has been the hallmark of the new millennium, researchers have witnessed a transformation in every aspect of the modern world at an ever-increasing speed, particularly in the social facet of human life. Ways of thinking that had previously been upheld and taught may, therefore, no longer be appropriate or effective as tools to understand contemporary phenomena and changes. The Handbook of Research on Current Trends in Asian Economics, Business, and Administration is a critical reference source that examines different aspects of social sciences, management, sociology, and education to better understand today’s society and social life in the Asian context. The book identifies trends, impacts, and implications of disruptive technologies for business and socio-economic development as well as strategic advantage on different levels of business and administration. Covering topics that include e-commerce, green management, information technology, economic growth, and distance learning, this book is essential for economists, academicians, government officials, policymakers, social scientists, managers, leaders, behavioral scientists, academicians, researchers, and students.

Author : Manuel Puppis,Natascha Just
Publisher : Intellect (UK)
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Education
ISBN : UGA:32108049312880

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Trends in Communication Policy Research by Manuel Puppis,Natascha Just Pdf

With contributions from leading international experts from within both the communications industry and academia, "Trends in Communication Policy Research" comprises the very latest developments in the theories, methods, and practical applications of this dynamic field. Topical and politically relevant, this authoritative and up-to-date volume will prove an invaluable reference for students and scholars seeking to understand communication policy issues.

Author : Donald C Menzel,Jay D White
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2015-01-28
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781317454465

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The State of Public Administration by Donald C Menzel,Jay D White Pdf

The trends and practices of public administration are ever changing and it is essential that they be appraised from time to time. Designed as a capstone survey of the field, The State of Public Administration focuses on leading edge issues, challenges, and opportunities that confront PA study and practice in the 21st Century.

Author : E. Remi Aiyede,Beatrice Muganda
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2022-10-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 3030997235

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Public Policy and Research in Africa by E. Remi Aiyede,Beatrice Muganda Pdf

This open access book responds to the need for a specifically African focus on public policy. It outlines the fundamental principles of public policy research, and engages with major issues in the study of public policy from an African perspective, covering essential topics such as the location and centrality of social sciences in relation to public policy, leadership, methodology, institutions, governance, and gender. This book is essential for understanding the various aspects and dimensions of policy making in Africa that underscore quality research and are at the core of excellence in teaching and learning.

Author : William N. Dunn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Policy sciences
ISBN : UCSC:32106013558207

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Public Policy Analysis by William N. Dunn Pdf

"This multidisciplinary synthesis of concepts and methods of public policy analysis takes a systematic approach to creation, critical assessment, and communication of policy-relevant knowledge. ... stresses the process of formulating policy problems as crucial step in solving them. In addition, he emphasizes the need to understand the political contexts in which policy analysis is practiced, and the application of policy analysis in increasingly complex societies"--Back cover.

Author : Laurent Dobuzinskis,Michael Howlett,David Laycock
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 625 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2007-06-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781442690776

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Policy Analysis in Canada by Laurent Dobuzinskis,Michael Howlett,David Laycock Pdf

The growth of what some academics refer to as 'the policy analysis movement' represents an effort to reform certain aspects of government behaviour. The policy analysis movement is the result of efforts made by actors inside and outside formal political decision-making processes to improve policy outcomes by applying systematic evaluative rationality to the development and implementation of policy options. This volume offers a comprehensive overview of the many ways in which the policy analysis movement has been conducted, and to what effect, in Canadian governments and, for the first time, in business associations, labour unions, universities, and other non-governmental organizations. Editors Laurent Dobuzinskis, Michael Howlett, and David Laycock have brought together a wide range of contributors to address questions such as: What do policy analysts do? What techniques and approaches do they use? What is their influence on policy-making in Canada? Is there a policy analysis deficit? What norms and values guide the work done by policy analysts working in different institutional settings? Contributors focus on the sociology of policy analysis, demonstrating how analysts working in different organizations tend to have different interests and to utilize different techniques. They compare and analyze the significance of these different styles and approaches, and speculate about their impact on the policy process.

Author : Michael Hill,Peter L. Hupe
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2002-09-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0761966293

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Implementing Public Policy by Michael Hill,Peter L. Hupe Pdf

Bringing the major current insights in implementation research and theory together, Public Policy, Implementation and Governance reviews the literature on public policy implementation, relating it to contemporary developments in thinking about governance. The text stresses the continuing importance of a focus upon implementation processes and explores its central relevance to the practice of public administration. In light of the changing nature of governance, Hill and Hupe suggest strategies for both future research on and management of public policy implementation. Their basic approach is two-fold: firstly, to understand the process of implementation and secondly, to address how one might control and affect this process. Re-exploring the state of the art of the study of implementation as a sub-discipline of political science and public administration, this book will be essential reading for students and researchers in public policy, social policy, public management, public adminstration and governance. `This is an excellent and much needed book. Hill and Hupe have provided a well written and highly accessible account of the development of implementation studies which will be immensely valuable to everyone concerned with understanding implementation in modern policy making.' - Professor Wayne Parsons, University of London

Author : Wolfgang Meyer,Reinhard Stockmann
Publisher : Springer
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2016-01-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137376374

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The Future of Evaluation by Wolfgang Meyer,Reinhard Stockmann Pdf

Evaluation has become an important instrument for rational governance and is used in an increasing number of countries and policy fields. Recent developments at the global, national and local level are changing the conditions and functions of evaluation worldwide. This book examines current global development trends and changing demands for evaluation. It addresses issues surrounding professionalisation and globalisation, examining the need to strengthen accountability for social development in various different policy fields, regions and countries to improve governance and its impacts on social betterment. It also considers issues of quality, utility and further education and the upgrading of evaluation in a broad variety of different organisations, such as multilateral donor organisations, national public administrations, private consultancies, civil-society organisations, universities, and research institutes. With contributions from 30 different countries, this book combines a broad variety of viewpoints to examine the global future of evaluation.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Electronic
ISBN : MINN:30000004354225

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Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, Trends in Hospital Diagnoses for Black Patients and White Patients: 1980-87, Provider Studies Research Note No. 24, June 1995 by Anonim Pdf

Author : MIchael Howlett,Michael Howlett
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2023-12-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781003809524

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Designing Public Policies by MIchael Howlett,Michael Howlett Pdf

The third edition of this highly regarded book provides a concise and accessible introduction to the principles and elements of policy design in contemporary governance. It examines in detail the range of substantive and procedural policy instruments that together comprise the toolbox from which governments choose tools to resolve policy problems and the principles and practices that lead to their use. Guiding readers through the study of the many different kinds of instruments used by governments in carrying out their tasks, adapting to, and altering, their environments, this book: • Considers the principles and practices behind the selection and use of specific types of Instruments in contemporary government and arrangements of policy tools esp. procedural tools and policy portfolios. • Evaluates in detail the merits, demerits, and rationales for the use of specific organization, regulatory, financial and information-based tools and the trends visible in their use. • Examines key issues such as policy success and failure and the role of design in it; policy volatility and risk management through policy design; how behavioural research can contribute to better policy designs; and the 'micro' calibrations of policies and their importance in designs and outcomes. • Addresses the issues not only surrounding individual tools but also concerning the evolution and development of instrument mixes, their relationship to policy styles and the challenges involved in their (re)design as well as the distinction between design and "non-design'. Providing a comprehensive overview of this essential component of modern governance and featuring helpful definitions of key concepts and further reading, this book is essential reading for all students of public policy, administration, and management.

Author : Billystrom Jivetti,Md. Nazrul Hoque
Publisher : Springer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2021-12-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 3030570711

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Population Change and Public Policy by Billystrom Jivetti,Md. Nazrul Hoque Pdf

This book provides a solid empirical portrait based on the complexities of demographic components of population change. It describes recent innovations, trends, challenges and solutions to population change and public policy issues, such as but not limited to immigration, gender discrimination in the labor market, student housing, teen pregnancy programs, smoking and alcohol consumption, and environment and self-rated health. As such it provides an interesting platform for academics, researchers, policy makers, and students to explore experiences and research findings on special topics in applied demography and how those inform the field of population studies and public policy.